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Located in the city of Djenné, Mali, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud brick building in the world with definite Islamic influences

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The largest mud-brick building in the world, the Grand Mosque, is located in the ancient town of Djenné.

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A group of children studying the Koran outside a large earthen mud house, in Djenné.

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Biography of Abba Maiga on her life in Djenné, her experience in living in Djenné and how she lived.

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Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight (Published 2011)

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Residents of Djenné, Mali, a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines to maintain that designation are too restrictive.

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A perspective from James who visited the old towns of Djenne and his view on the town. Experiences he went to during his trip to Mali and what he saw.

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History behind Djenné and the original creation of the town. When Djenné was recognized and how the town grew over centuries. Buildings being culturally and historically significant.

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The old towns of Djenné have been inhabited since 250 BC and are characterised by the extraordinary use of earth in their architecture

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Conservation efforts and protective measures revived Djenné-Djeno as a useful archaeological site

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Djenné-Djeno’s many archaeological and cultural artifacts reveal a complex society dating from 250 B.C. It is among the best-known archeology sites in sub-Saharan Africa and the oldest urbanized centers. Less than two miles (a mere three kilometers) southeast of the modern village of Djenné, Djenné-Djeno was abandoned by the sixteenth century, and remained undiscovered until the 1970s. Looters in search of antiquities dug massive trenches, which led to flooding. In one of its many efforts to preserve the site, the Mali government established the Mission Culturelle à Djenné in 1993, but looters in search of the astonishing terracotta figurines of humans and animals continued to cause damage, disturb soil, and cause water erosion. While looting was curtailed by a major education initiative through the Mission Culturelle and by protections of UNESCO, which inscribed Djenné-Djeno as a World Heritage Site, the environmental damage was not reversed.

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Shows the Great Mosque of Djenne in Niger Delta region in Central Mali